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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 524 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha opens a small box every day.” (a) Nisha (b) small (c) opens (d) box
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) big (b) Ira (c) bag (d) carried
  3. 3.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan opened a big box yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) big (c) box (d) opened
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) happily (c) funny
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Rahul opened a big box yesterday.” (a) box (b) opened (c) big (d) Rahul
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Omkar drew a colourful picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) drew (c) colourful (d) Omkar
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) happily (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir buys a small toy every day.” (a) toy (b) Kabir (c) buys (d) small
  10. 10.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) read (c) Sneha (d) funny
  11. 11.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) quickly (c) funny
  12. 12.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) Pooja (b) song (c) happy (d) sang
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya read a new book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) Aditya (d) new
  14. 14.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Manav ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) ate (b) mango (c) ripe (d) Manav
  15. 15.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya ate a ripe mango yesterday.” (a) Diya (b) ripe (c) mango (d) ate
  16. 16.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) picture (b) Aarav (c) drew (d) big
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya opened a big box yesterday.” (a) opened (b) Riya (c) big (d) box
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kabir kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Kabir (d) big
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav sang a happy song yesterday.” (a) happy (b) sang (c) song (d) Aarav
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aisha wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) letter (b) long (c) Aisha (d) wrote
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Pooja ___ the picture every day. (a) draws (b) quickly (c) colourful
  22. 22.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Karan read a funny book yesterday.” (a) book (b) Karan (c) funny (d) read
  23. 23.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) new (b) kite (c) flew (d) Ishaan
  24. 24.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) slowly (c) big
  25. 25.Pick the action word: Priya ___ the bicycle every day. (a) rides (b) new (c) quickly
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) drew (b) Ishaan (c) big (d) picture
  27. 27.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the letter every day. (a) long (b) writes (c) happily
  28. 28.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha kicked a red ball yesterday.” (a) red (b) Nisha (c) ball (d) kicked
  29. 29.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) quickly (c) short
  30. 30.Pick the action word: Ira ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ira painted a long wall yesterday.” (a) wall (b) Ira (c) painted (d) long
  32. 32.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) sweet (c) sings
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the ball every day. (a) red (b) kicks (c) slowly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Dev kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) ball (c) Dev (d) big
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Ananya ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) happily (c) short
  36. 36.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel paints a long wall every day.” (a) wall (b) long (c) paints (d) Neel
  37. 37.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Sneha rode a new bicycle yesterday.” (a) Sneha (b) new (c) rode (d) bicycle
  38. 38.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel wrote a short letter yesterday.” (a) short (b) Neel (c) wrote (d) letter
  39. 39.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel flies a red kite every day.” (a) Neel (b) red (c) kite (d) flies
  40. 40.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the bag every day. (a) big (b) carries (c) slowly

Answer key

  1. opens
  2. carried
  3. kicks
  4. opened
  5. reads
  6. opened
  7. drew
  8. draws
  9. buys
  10. read
  11. reads
  12. sang
  13. read
  14. ate
  15. ate
  16. drew
  17. opened
  18. kicked
  19. sang
  20. wrote
  21. draws
  22. read
  23. flew
  24. opens
  25. rides
  26. drew
  27. writes
  28. kicked
  29. writes
  30. eats
  31. painted
  32. sings
  33. kicks
  34. kicked
  35. writes
  36. paints
  37. rode
  38. wrote
  39. flies
  40. carries

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